Trailer for TOY STORY 5 Brings Woody and Buzz Face-to-Face With the Digital Age
If Woody and Buzz Lightyear have learned anything over the past three decades, it’s that change is a part of life. From Andy’s bedroom floor in 1995 to Bonnie’s toy chest, the gang has survived new owners, new toys, and some heartbreaking goodbyes.
Now Toy Story 5 is throwing something even more intimidating into the mix… modern technology. The new trailer sets up a clash that feels painfully current. The toys aren’t just competing with another flashy space ranger or a shiny new doll. They’re up against electronics.
Disney and Pixar’s official description reads: “The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5, and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Buzz, Woody, Jessie, and the rest of the gang’s jobs are challenged when they’re introduced to what kids are obsessed with today… electronics!”
At the center of this digital invasion is Lilypad, a sleek, modern device voiced by Greta Lee. She’s exactly what today’s kids gravitate toward these day. The trailer hints that Bonnie’s attention is drifting, and that shift hits harder than any jealous rivalry ever did.
For a franchise built on the emotional lives of analog playthings, this is a smart next step. The original film thrived on Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, feeling replaced by Buzz Lightyear, brought to life by Tim Allen.
That dynamic was about insecurity. This time, the threat isn’t another toy trying to impress a kid. It’s an entire ecosystem of tech designed to keep kids locked in.
The trailer also fills us in on what Woody and Bo Peep have been up to and how they end up back with the rest of the gang.
Toy Story 5 is written and directed by Andrew Stanton, the filmmaker behind Finding Nemo and WALL-E, with Kenna Harris co-directing and Lindsey Collins producing. Stanton knows how to explore big ideas through deceptively simple characters, and this concept feels right in his wheelhouse.
The core crew is back, including Joan Cusack as Jessie and Tony Hale as Forky, who already wrestled with his own existential crisis in the last film. Conan O’Brien joins the ensemble as Smarty Pants, adding another fresh personality to the mix.
Pixar is also introducing a wave of new toys. According to the press release we’ve got Craig Robinson as Atlas, a cheerful talking GPS hippo toy; Shelby Rabara as the excitable camera toy Snappy; Scarlett Spears as the sweet and shy 8-year-old Bonnie; Mykal-Michelle Harris as Blaze, an independent 8-year-old girl who loves animals; and Matty Matheson as the tech-fearing toy Dr. Nutcase.
The studio also confirms, John Ratzenberger as the wisecracking piggybank Hamm; Wallace Shawn as Rex, the anxiety-riddled tyrannosaurus rex toy; Blake Clark as the ever-loyal Slinky Dog; Jeff Bergman as the sarcastic Mr. Potato Head; and Anna Vocino as the nurturing Mrs. Potato Head.
There’s also Annie Potts as the adventure-loving Bo Peep; Bonnie Hunt as the wise rag-doll Dolly; Melissa Villaseñor as Karen Beverly, Bonnie’s homemade toy fashioned out of a plastic knife; John Hopkins as the dignified hedgehog plush toy Mr. Pricklepants; Kristen Schaal as the plastic triceratops toy Trixie; Ernie Hudson as the action figure Combat Carl; and Keanu Reeves as Canadian daredevil toy Duke Caboom.
What makes the trailer land is the idea that the toys are fighting for relevance in a world that doesn’t need them the way it used to.
Still, if history has taught us anything, it’s that these characters adapt. They stumble, they argue, and they figure it out and all is well in the end. That’s why this franchise has lasted as long as it has.
Toy Story 5 hits theaters on June 19.